Rob Minkoff
Director, Actor, Producer
11 August 1962 (63 years)
Robert R. "Rob" Minkoff (born August 11, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the Academy Award-winning animated feature The Lion King.
Minkoff was born in Palo Alto, California. He studied at California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s in the Character Animation department. He has directed several films for Walt Disney Feature Animation, including The Lion King (1994) and two of the Roger Rabbit shorts: Tummy Trouble (1989) and Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990).
While working at Disney he wrote the song "Good Company" for Oliver & Company. He also made the films Stuart Little (1999), Stuart Little 2 (2002), The Haunted Mansion (2003) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). Minkoff also participates as a member of the jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18. He is currently working on two films: Flypaper, which is set to release in 2011 and the announced Chinese Odyssey. He married Crystal Kung on September 29, 2007. Minkoff is the brother-in-law of Jeffrey Kung, a Chinese singer and radio VJ.
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Minkoff was born in Palo Alto, California. He studied at California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s in the Character Animation department. He has directed several films for Walt Disney Feature Animation, including The Lion King (1994) and two of the Roger Rabbit shorts: Tummy Trouble (1989) and Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990).
While working at Disney he wrote the song "Good Company" for Oliver & Company. He also made the films Stuart Little (1999), Stuart Little 2 (2002), The Haunted Mansion (2003) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). Minkoff also participates as a member of the jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18. He is currently working on two films: Flypaper, which is set to release in 2011 and the announced Chinese Odyssey. He married Crystal Kung on September 29, 2007. Minkoff is the brother-in-law of Jeffrey Kung, a Chinese singer and radio VJ.
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Known For
Filmography
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| 2008 | The Forbidden KingdomOn Plex |
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| 1989 |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank · as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman · as Creepy Boy (voice) |
| 1994 | The Lion King · as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | |
| 2018 | Rainbow Rangers · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2004 | Killer Diller · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Haunted Mansion · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Stuart Little · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Howard · as Self |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features · as Self |
| 2010 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills · as Self |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self - Pumbaa (voice) |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition · as Self |
| 2005 | The 100 Greatest Family Films · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2000 | |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet · as Self - Director |
| 1987 | NPA · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Self |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Self |
| 2018 | Rainbow Rangers · as Co-Created By |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman · as Story By |
| 1993 | Trail Mix-Up · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Trail Mix-Up · as Story |
| 1989 | Tummy Trouble · as Story |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company · as Songs |
| 1988 | Technological Threat · as Character Designer |
| 1987 | The Brave Little Toaster · as Character Designer |